Annal:1992 Dagger Award for Crime Novel
From AwardAnnals
Results of the Dagger Award in the year 1992. For a ranked list of books, try an honor roll:
The Way Through the Woods: An Inspector Morse Mystery
- 1992 Gold Dagger
- Score: 10.42
Morse is enjoying a rare if unsatisfying holiday in Dorset when the first letter appears in The Times. A year before, a stunning Swedish student disappeared from Oxfordshire, leaving behind a rucksack with her identification. As the lady was dishy, young, and traveling alone, the Thames Valley Police suspected foul play. But without a body, and with precious few clues, the investigation ground to a halt. Now it seems that someone who can hold back no longer is composing clue-laden poetry that begins an enthusiastic correspondence among England’s…
- 1992 Silver Dagger
- Score: 8.42
In this hard-hitting, colorful new novel, award-winning author Liza Cody launches a new series and introduces a marvelous new heroine: Eva Wylie, a female wrestler who, when she’s not working the sleazy wrestling circuit, is a security guard who cuts a sizzling swath through London low-life, unecumbered by scruples.
